Rita Anderson is an internationally-published and an award-winning writer with an MFA Poetry and an MA Playwriting.
Rita was Poetry Editor of Ellipsis, the annual literary journal at University of New Orleans, and both of her poetry books- The Entropy of Rocketman (Finishing Line Press) and Watched Pots (A Lovesong to Motherhood)--were nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Rita won the Houston Poetry Festival, the Gerreighty Prize, the Robert F. Gibbons Poetry Award, the Cheyney Award, and an award from the Academy of American Poets, and her work has appeared in over 100 literary publications including Spoon River Poetry Review, Waves: A Confluence of Voices (AROHO Anthology), EVENT Magazine (British Columbia), Blue Heron Review, Middle House Review, Old Northwest Review, Cahoodaloodaling, The Blueshift Journal, Blotterature, Transcendence, PHIction, Persona (50th Anniversary Edition), The Stardust Gazette, and Explorations (University of Alaska Press).
Rita's work has been published in Across Latitude & Language by Delhi Poetry Slam, a global anthology of poets celebrating diverse voices from around the world.
Contact Rita through her website www.rita-anderson.com